Shloka 12

Jājali–Tulādhāra-saṃvāda: Yajña, Vṛtti, and Ātma-tīrtha (जाजलि-तुलाधार-संवादः)

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच राजन्‌ शृणु समाख्यानमद्येदं बहुविस्तरम्‌ । यथावृत्तं श्रुतं चैव मयेदं वसुधाधिप,नारदजी बोले--राजन्‌! आज यह अत्यन्त विस्तृत आख्यान सुनो। पृथ्वीनाथ! मैंने इसे जैसा सुना है, वह यथावत्‌ वृत्तान्त तुम्हें सुना रहा हूँ

Transliteration

nārada uvāca rājann śṛṇu samākhyānam adyedam bahuvistaram | yathāvṛttaṃ śrutaṃ caiva mayedaṃ vasudhādhipa ||

Translation

নারদ বললেন—রাজন! আজ এই অত্যন্ত বিস্তৃত আখ্যান শোনো। হে বসুধাধিপ! আমি যেমন শুনেছি, তেমনই যথাযথ বিবরণ তোমাকে বলছি।

Word by Word

• {'rājan (rājan)': 'O king

• a royal addressee (vocative)', 'śṛṇu': 'listen

• hear (imperative)', 'samākhyāna': 'narrative, account, detailed story', 'adya': 'today

• now', 'idam': 'this', 'bahu-vistara': 'very extensive

• elaborately detailed', 'yathā-vṛtta': 'as it happened

• according to what occurred', 'śruta': 'heard

• received by hearing/tradition', 'ca eva': 'and indeed

• emphatic connective', 'mayā': 'by me', 'vasudhā-adhipa': 'lord of the earth

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Rājā (the King, addressee)
• Vasudhādhipa (lord of the earth, epithet of the king)